[s-cars] yet another rim question...

[DOUGLAS LANDAETA]

Excellent! just buyin time - if - uh - when I go 17", it'll be those
sweet OZ, like Lee's or maybe the Chronos.

----- Original Message -----
From: TM <t44tq at mindspring.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 7:55 pm
Subject: RE: [s-cars] yet another rim question...

> Doug-
> Very few 16" wheels period clear big brakes- just so happens
> that 993tt calipers will clear the OEM 16x8 5-spoke S4 wheels as well
> as the 16x7.5 Avus wheels.
>
> Taka
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Landaeta [landaeta1 at comcast.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 12:37 AM
> To: TM; lee at wheelman.com; thomas.pollock at amd.com;
> s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] yet another rim question...
>
>
> Taka,
>
> Please elaborate on the 16" - did you mean very few *aftermarket*
> wheelswill clear ... I'm planning ECS Stage2 under the OEM 16"
>
> Doug Landaeta
> 94 S4
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
> [s-car-list-admin at audifans.com]On Behalf Of TM
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 10:00 PM
> To: lee at wheelman.com; thomas.pollock at amd.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] yet another rim question...
>
>
> Maybe I should add to my post that I meant 17" or 18" wheels.
>
> Very, very few 16" wheels will clear Stoptech ST-40, Porsche 996,
> 993tt,996tt, Brembo 4- or 6-piston (except the Lotus- based kits),
> which are
> the most common calipers. AP Racing and Alcon have calipers that will
> clear but they're so pricey that I haven't even considered them.
>
> Taka
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Levitt [lee at wheelman.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 9:56 PM
> To: TM; thomas.pollock at amd.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] yet another rim question...
>
>
> Taka writes:
>
> > Also, if you have or plan on doing any brake upgrades, it would
> be
> > prudent to select your wheels carefully- pretty much any wheel
> that
> > will
> fit a
> > '00-'02 S4tt or a '00-'02 A6 2.7T/4.2 will work with big brakes
> as a
> general rule (of
> > course there are exceptions), but many wheels that fit A4s will
> not
> > clear
> big
> > brakes.
>
> The 5 spoke wheels off the 2.7T don't fit over BIRA System 3. You
> need a
> 5 mm spacer to clear, and that doesn't give much clearance...
>
> Lee
> '95.5 S6 avant
> '96 A6 quattro avant
>
>
>
>
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